A Cree healer and his medicine bundle: revelations of indigenous wisdom ; healing plants, practices, and stories

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Part I. Russell Willier, Cree healer -- Chapter one. Willier's life as a healer -- Becoming a medicine man -- Approaching a healer -- My cosmology -- Native medicine -- Collecting plants -- Common problems treated -- Survival of Native medicine -- Working with non-Native doctors -- The future -- Chapter two. Ecological issues important to Willier -- Clearcut -- Fish -- Ducks -- Moose and deer -- Plants -- Fires -- Chapter three. Willier's favorite healing stories -- Near death experiences of patients -- Predicaments in which healers can find themselves -- Part II. Russell Willier's medicine bundle -- Chapter four. Field trip, summer 2011 -- Chapter five. Plants used by Russell Willier -- Plants in Willier's medicine bundle -- Cleaning and storing -- Part III. The efficacy of Native medicine -- Teenagers treated at the reserve -- Personal experience -- The mouse woman of Gabriola -- Deborah Gray -- How do we explain such results -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Maps of areas where Willier collects his herbs -- Appendix B: Index of common English names for the plants used by Willier -- Appendix C: Index of Cree names for the plants used by Willier -- Appendix D: Index of English names used by Willier for the plants he uses.;"Details the life and healing practices of medicine man Russell Willier, with extensive photographs and materials on the plants used by Willier in addition to valuable information on the active ingredients in these plants and their uses in alternative therapies"--Résumé de l'éditeur.